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Kim Gogolewski
Owner/Piano |
Tim Tonon
Banjo/Guitar - Bass, Electric, & Acoustic/Mandolin/Ukulele |
Jason R. Johnston
Drums/Percussion |
Kim is an Antioch native and has always loved working with kids. She acquired her first piano student by accident at age 19 when her boss discovered she played the piano and asked about lessons for her daughter. Success with that family led to other coworkers also asking about lessons. From that time, Kim knew that teaching kids to play the piano was something she could be truly passionate about. She took a break from teaching for a few years with a typical "9-5", but went back to private teaching in 2009. Since then, she taught piano at Faith Lutheran School in Antioch, furthered her musical knowledge with courses at CLC, and had a small private studio in downtown Antioch for 3 years prior to opening Rubato Music Studio in 2020.
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Tim's passion for guitar began after seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He began teaching at various music schools and studios while studying music at The Chicago Music Collegeof Roosevelt University.
He is proficient in all styles and levels including rock, blues, jazz, and country. He has played in many bands and on many praise teams, as well as performing as a solo act. He offer instruction in guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and ukulele. |
Jason was born and raised in Antioch. He has over 25 years of playing and 20 years of teaching experience. His skills and experience include, but are not limited to: Percussion/Marching Band and School Band, Drum set in any style, ie.Jazz, Rock, R&B, etc...
Teach/Perform drum set for Columbia College & SAE Played in such places as the House of Blues (Chicago), Relix Magazine HQ (NYC) SXSW (Austin), & more. |
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Kimberly Rock
Piano/Flute/Voice/Clarinet/ French Horn/Trumpet/Trombone |
Kait Eberts
Piano/Banjo/Ukulele |
Gene Morris
Guitar - Bass, Electric, & Acoustic |
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Kimberly Rock began her musical journey at the age of 5 on the piano. From that moment, music has been an important part of her life. After years of piano lessons she joined her grade school band playing the flute. Throughout her high school years, she also had the opportunity to play some percussion, piccolo, and oboe. Not long after high school, she began teaching piano and flute lessons. For most of her life, she's been a member of numerous concert bands, choirs, & music organizations across Lake County.
After taking a long break to be a full time mom to her 4 kids, she jumped back into the music world in 2018. She returned to school at CLC and then VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. She is a proud member of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music fraternity formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America/throughout the world". Kimberly is excited to share her passion for all types of music with Rubato's students! |
Born and raised in Bristol, WI, Kait started her musical experience at 5 years old when her father bought her a piano. She still has this piano! It wasn't long before she started piano lessons and after 10 years, her piano teacher retired. She loved her piano teacher and her teaching style, as she always made it fun, so she decided to start teaching lessons on her own at only 15 years old.
Kait has always loved working with kids and sharing her passion for music. In addition to piano, Kait has learned to play the 5-string banjo, mostly self taught. With 30 years of musical background, she has taught piano for 18 years and banjo for 17 years. In her spare time, Kait enjoys playing at church in the worship band and jamming out at bluegrass jams! |
Gene has been playing music and performing professionally since 1983. He studied music in college where he majored in Theory and Performance.
After college, he began to teach and has been teaching full time since 1987. With over 30 years of experience in most styles of music, his teaching disciplines include: Reading, Theory, Composition, Ear training, Improvisation, Slide, and Lead Guitar. Besides playing in many live bands and solo performances, he has also performed on an internationally released album and is currently recording his own debut album. |
Elizabeth Sooley
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Jenna Weitbrock
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Cristian Gibbs
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My music journey began when I was 7 and had me taking lessons that continued through college. I discovered a desire to begin teaching when I started taking music classes at Mchenry County College. Upon graduating, I had received my degree in Associates of Fine Arts Music.
I've had the honor of teaching piano for 22 years in Lake, Mchenry, and Cook counties in Illinois as well as Orange County, Florida. I absolutely love children and love to see the passion for music come alive in each individual! It is my desire to provide an atmosphere of enjoyment and fun while each student is learning and growing. Also, it is important for me to personally connect with each student as they are on their journey to discovering their musical gifting. Each one is so unique and carries great value! I look forward to getting to know each student and see their love for music blossom! |
Jenna has loved music from a very young age and strives to make it a large part of her life. She began playing piano in Kindergarten, and started taking lessons with Mrs. Kim Gogolewski in 2nd grade. A couple years later, Jenna tried out the cello at a Ravinia orchestra concert. The cellist complimented her attempts and from there Jenna started violin lessons. Jenna enjoyed playing in the orchestra all through grade school and continued loving it. At age 13, she started organ lessons over the summer.
Jenna is currently a Junior at Lakes Community High School and is a member of the D117 Orchestra. Jenna continues to take piano lessons and participates in the Sonata Festival and Achievement in Music (AIM) contests throughout the year. |
Bio coming soon!
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Caryn (Cj) Lofgren
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Brian Cooper
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Emric Montaño
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Caryn has been working as a professional guitarist since 1984. In this time she has performed in Rock and Blues bands and also as a solo artist. Some of her musical
experience has been working commercially in the studio, in the theater, and live club performances. She has over 30 years of teaching experience including 16 years as an administrator of the Guitar department at the College of Lake County. Her education includes a college degree in music and 12 years of classical guitar private study. She continues to grow as a musician, and is presently studying percussion from Mike Vanderhule (current Y&T drummer). She is also writing and recording tracks for an album. Her teaching disciplines include: reading standard notation & tablature, theory/diatonic harmony, slide, finger style/classical, and rock and blues improvisation, just to name a few. |
Brian Cooper also affectionately known as “Bryan Cee” is an International singer, songwriter, musician, composer and educator who has performed both locally and abroad. Some of his works have been featured by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism as well as the Bahamas Ministry of Education. As a performer, Brian has performed atnmany festivals such as the Caribbean carnival where he was featured in The Bahamas, Atlanta, and Minnesota. In the Caribbean Bryan Cee has made an indelible mark on the
landscape. He has made major contributions to the preservation of arts and culture in the Bahamas eventually becoming a household name. In 2015, Bryan also made a name for himself in the midwest where he has performed extensively in Iowa, Chicago, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Some venues included The Global market festival, Secret Circus, Winter Carnival, and St. Paul’s Riverfront prototype festival. By 2016 he completed his first album called "The Wibe of Life '' which included his first single "Long Lost Brother" which was released with a music video in late 2012. In 2020 Bryan completed his first solo piano and self produced album entitled Me: Diary of a pandemic. By being exposed to classical music from a very young age, he grew fond of the piano and began his studies receiving his Bachelor’s degree in music studies from St. John's University, majoring in Piano, Organ, and Tuba. Brian also has done many classical concerts for both organ and piano featuring works from Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Einaudi, and Buxtehude along with many original compositions. Raised catholic, Brian began his musical journey in the church where he held the position of organist and musical director of his local parish for over 10 years. As an educator and artist-teacher for more than 15 years, Brian has taught k-12 to the college level. Some of his duties were vocal coach, private piano instructor, choir/ band director as well as starting a youth orchestra. After attaining a master’s in piano performance at McNally Smith College of music, Brian expanded his talents to Chicago’s theater scene as a pit musician including The Second City, as well as working directly with CPS schools as a musical director and accompanist under the Professional Dance Theater Youth Academy Company (P.D.T.Y.A). |
Emric taught private lessons for 20 years. He has a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance from Northern Illinois University. After studying at NIU with Fareed Haque, he studied with award-winning classical guitarist Denis Azabagic. His main focus of study at that time was classical guitar.
Emric taught various styles such as rock, blues, and classical. Emric's focus now at Rubato is doing repairs on all different kinds of guitars for students and the surrounding community! |